Status of Coral Reef Communities on Two Carbonate Platforms (Tun Sakaran Marine Park, East Sabah, Malaysia)

Table 4

Percentage of coverage of living and dead corals on the different geomorphological zones and vitality (relative percentage of living corals/totality of bioconstructed substrates). Mean (SD).

Site-subzone	Living corals	Dead corals	Bioconstructed substrates	Vitality (%)
Gaya West-mesh reef	19.6 (14.2)	60.5 (21.2)	80.0 (22.2)	24.5
Gaya West-outer slope	44.8 (19.9)	30.3 (11.3)	75.1 (26.0)	59.7
Gaya East-reef flat*	25.9 (7.5)	40.8 (23.5)	66.7 (35.6)	38.8
Gaya East-inner slope	35.0 (4.3)	37.0 (0.7)	72.0 (19.7)	48.6
Mantabuan-mesh reef	34.0 (6.4)	45.6 (14.2)	79.6 (21.4)	42.7
Mantabuan-outer slope	27.7 (9.7)	53.4 (15.7)	81.1 (21.2)	34.1

∗Except LIT GE1 totally sandy. Vitality = Living corals/Dead corals * 100.